tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post4080471827801477644..comments2023-06-20T02:06:52.150-06:00Comments on Alethiography: Fall 2010 ScheduleTamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18079829842465164437noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-59190635743027092582010-08-15T22:34:30.298-06:002010-08-15T22:34:30.298-06:00I really don't know. I don't think my sch...I really don't know. I don't think my school has a stats program that is separate.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079829842465164437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-15781115851095886202010-08-15T21:05:39.269-06:002010-08-15T21:05:39.269-06:00Curious - how different is a PhD in math with a co...Curious - how different is a PhD in math with a concentration in prob-stat different from a PhD in stats?Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15376389949707679077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-4197016363315529292010-08-12T09:55:14.831-06:002010-08-12T09:55:14.831-06:00We also have an undergrad course covering some stu...We also have an undergrad course covering some stuff from 5010 called Discrete Mathematics. We did all kinds of stuff mostly logic, some set theory, some recursion but as a subject it definitelly gets deeper and can't be covered in a single cemester.<br /><br />Don't get your hopes up though on probability and statistics, the theoretical part is not so much, it's covered usually with examples/applications and you will very likely get assignments on computer using some statistics software packageKostishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16815771190020181929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-22013319667969816722010-08-11T21:42:58.880-06:002010-08-11T21:42:58.880-06:00To siro's point, it is interesting/misleading ...To siro's point, it is interesting/misleading how math courses are titled. It's like, "Pshaw, you're takin' algebra - I took that in 9th grade!"<br /><br />And depending on the program, a C in a grad course can be an F, so yeah, I think we want to avoid those. The astronomy/SF course sounds like something that would be fun to take as a non-credit course (at a time when one isn't enrolled in a PhD program).Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15376389949707679077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-57641643281488198742010-08-11T21:41:57.075-06:002010-08-11T21:41:57.075-06:00Siro, that's a good question. I'll answer...Siro, that's a good question. I'll answer according to my understanding, which might be wrong since I'm only starting grad school now.<br /><br />An undergraduate logic/set theory course is probably a kind of "gateway to higher math" course where you learn techniques of proofs. The one I'll be taking almost certainly assumes that we know how to do proofs and we understand standard mathematical logic and basic set theory. Instead it will delve into things like Goedel's incompleteness theorem and alternative logic systems.<br /><br />When I took an upper division undergrad prob/stats course, it was taken not only by math majors but also by other science/engineering majors and students in other fields. It was not very theoretical in nature at all. I assume (I certainly hope) that the one I'll be taking will be theoretical and involve proofs rather than being primarily about the application of statistical techniques.<br /><br />As far as "Functions of a Real Variable" goes, it is basically the next course in the analysis or "advanced calculus" series. Usually Intro to Analysis (often called Advanced Calculus) is a very upper-division undergrad course or a first-year graduate course that may also be taken by undergrads. So this course is just the next year of that sequence.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079829842465164437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-45690556976569421212010-08-11T19:04:44.324-06:002010-08-11T19:04:44.324-06:00I also took four graduate courses rather than the ...I also took four graduate courses rather than the regular three my first semester in grad school because I had a fellowship. And an additional undergraduate course. I ended up with two incompletes, then was at risk of losing my fellowship because C's in grad school are really D's. Oops.<br /><br />So anyway, I don't recommend taking an additional undergrad course in Astronomy in Science Fiction at the same time as your other four courses even though it's kind of fun.Debbienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-11055624153005107882010-08-11T14:32:23.985-06:002010-08-11T14:32:23.985-06:00Funny, I have undergrad courses all with the same ...Funny, I have undergrad courses all with the same names.<br />How are they different?sironoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-90535910302643019442010-08-11T14:05:44.484-06:002010-08-11T14:05:44.484-06:00Cool. I'm especially looking forward to heari...Cool. I'm especially looking forward to hearing how you like the prob-stat class, since it's your first taste of math-based prob-stat (and since it's the class I am most likely to be able to follow whatever the hell you are doing in it).Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15376389949707679077noreply@blogger.com